Thursday, 16 January 2014

BBC Question Time - Bashing the bonus edition.

David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Durham.
On the panel are
Conservative Party chairman Grant 'lightweight' Shapps MP.
Shadow transport secretary
Mary 'hot water' Creagh MP,
El Presidente in waiting of the Liberal Democrats Tim Farron MP,
Archbishop of York John Sentamu and broadcaster and , Julia 'no nonsense' Hartley-Brewer.

Scoring.2 pt for a correct guess of the colour or pattern of Dimbleby's tie.{before 10pm}2 pt for an accurate spot for each of the question asked2 pt for being the sole entrant to correctly predict a question asked1 arbitrary point for any partially
correct questions, witty phrases, spotting the soundbite, joke, tweet or
posting in the comments first.And the league table will be winner = 1pt
Everyone else - Zero.Twitter-
its often better than the actual show. And its jammed full of earnest
political studies university students and their mickey taking History
and English taking friends

I will be delighted if fracking gets debated but I'm not going with that

(0) predominantly yellow with silver bits

(1) what is it with greying dirty old broadcasting men? segue to an uncomfortable moment or two re: sexual molestation for Farron who, far from being Mr Untainted LibDem, was equivocating with the best of them yesterday on the subject of Lord 'Allegedly' Rennard

(2) do we need a minister for every town and city ?

(3) is the UK military now effectively downgraded to 'useless' status ?

1. Does the refusal to regulate bankers' bonuses prove that the Govt is pro-rich anti-poor?2. Is sugar regulation a sensible way to relieve pressure on the NHS, or pointless control freakery?3. University staff get a 1% pay rise, don't we value education any more? 4. Is Benefits Street poverty porn?5. Curveball: should parents be fined hundreds of pounds for taking their children on holiday in termtime?

Bit esoteric tonight - have a lot of time for ++Sentamu but he'll throw a couple of curve balls in - hmm.

Dimbletie - purpley hue - for the CofE!!

1) Unemployment and the austerity agenda nexus - isn't it beastly that those evil Tories aren't just throwing money at Labour voters - the humanity!

2) Benefits Street & food banks - don't we have a moral duty to equip Nesbits with all the cooking lager & fray bentos pies available in Christendom?

3) Is it right for dodgy Lib Dem lords to get drunk and get a tiny bit fruity with professional feminist victims without being hung, drawn and quartered and for his acquital to be tantamount to the most heinous crime ever committed?

4) Syrian refugees - do we have a moral duty to help, especially the Christians? Could genuinely be interesting as long as Shapps, yer know, shuts the fuck up.

1. Bankers' bonuses (feel the outrage)2. Benefits Street. Does reality TV make us all feel like dirty voyeurs?3. M. Hollande & the actress. Should we envy or pity the French?4. UK military downgrade. Good news or what?5. Fracking. How much did Total slip Cameron?

Q1: Is Benefits Street an example of “Broken Britain” and what can be done to stop people living off state? Amazingly JHB bashed the feckless and got the most applause!

Q2: Despite potential hazards, are economic benefits and job opportunities of fracking too good to miss.

Q3: Despite potential hazards, are economic benefits and job opportunities of fracking too good to miss

Q4: In an area of high unemployment, what impact will continued mass immigration have on the North East?

Q5: Is Francois Hollande's affair a public matter or should he be allowed to conduct his private life in any way he chooses?

Sleepy Dimbleby seems to have been replaced by Slugger Dimbleby. He has been so bored in the last few seasons he's barely said a word. Tonight he was all Andrew Neil. Not letting waffle and evasion thrive. That tattoo seems to have made go all Paxman. Improved the show no end.Dimbleby even asked his own Rennard question.

It has to be Julie Gayet as she has remained in play. She doesn't win on the cleavage stakes, mind, but a baby trumps all. She looks amazing for having had two children. She will be the Madonna with the Big Boobies.